I twisted my hair into a ponytail, tucking it under my cap and lowering the brim. Then I took a final look around the room full of strangers, wondering which of them would help me escape, and which would try to kill me. Hoping with all my might that no one would kill me yet, I quickly slip out of the room. While sliding out the door I see a boy who follows me with a very serious face, and then a man behind the boy with a big smile on his smug face. This alarms me and I start walking faster to try to lose them both. Then all of a sudden I hear this thought in my head announce, "Don't worry I got your back, hurry through the front entrance Fate!"
Of course this really starts to freak me out and I don't know if I should listen or continue trying to find the back door of this building.
My brain tells me not to trust this voice so I continue on my way, but the same voice yells at me this time, "No the front door Fate!"
"I beg you to trust me, I know the back is heavily guarded!" it said.
I am torn between the voice and my brain though in the end I chose the voice. Heading to the door, I go as fast as I can so to make sure not to trip. I don't really feel like being caught because of one measly trip up! Finally I am getting closer to the front door. Would have gotten to it faster if the building's corridors weren't so dang long, and confusing. Unexpectedly the man with the smug face grabs my arm and swings me into a head lock. Struggling with all my might I try to get free, but he doesn't budge one bit, and I start to panic on what to do. Smug man whispers, "Try and get free sweetie and I don't think you will be able to breathe"
"So if I were you I would just be a good little girl and come quietly!"
Giving in so not to die, he then responds back to my now still body, "Great choice now start walking with me to my car."
This guy surely has some horrible breathe every time he opens his mouth. I mean hasn't smug face ever heard of a breath mint? Ugh! This really pisses me off. Why did I have to be caught like this, and not know how to break free from this smelly man? My name surely is terribly right. Maybe this was supposed to be my fate. To be caught and sent somewhere to die. I hate my family, all for how they treat me because I don't look like them, a foreign animal. For a split second I look up while I am walking to smug man's car and I thought I saw the serious boy. I hear the voice once more "Fate now when I tell you to run, you need to run to a blue car around the corner of the next street."
Hearing the voice again makes me wonder that maybe that boy is the voice. But it can't be him; I mean how he is even able to be in my head. Plus I have never even met him in my entire sixteen years of my boring life.
All of a sudden "BANG" smug face is down for the count and I hesitate. Scared that the shot fired was actually meant for me I hid behind a nearby parked car. "Run like hell RUN!" the voice screams into my head.
I do what I was told and run like hell, around the next street corner and towards the blue car. Coming up closer to the blue car I see someone inside of it. Once again I hope this person won't kill me at least not yet. I get in the car, and slam the door shut to make sure no one can pull it open. Looking to my left I see it is the serious faced boy in the driver's seat smiling at me. "Nice job Fate, don't worry you are safe now." says the boy.
"Don't worry you say don't worry?!" I start to get out of the car.
"Who the heck are you and how can I be so sure as to trust your words?" I scream at him.
The boy stares at me while he pulls me back into the car. He starts to drive once I am inside. His stare seems like confusion plus sadness. "Why are you staring at me like that I really don't know you." I responded to the look.
His look fades back into a calm smile while he says, "I am Lane Thorn and I used to be a childhood friend of yours."
Suddenly all the memories come back to me of this boy and I started to cry. I remember now when my mom told me that my only friend didn't want to play with me anymore because I was ugly and not as pretty as my twin sister Vanessa. Now Lane stares at me confused again at why I am crying. "Why did you call me ugly back then?" I asked through tears.
"What do you mean your mom told me never to come over again or else I would regret it somehow." Lane said with a hint of inquiry in his voice.
No way, my own mother ruined my only friendship just so I could be unhappy! "Lane how did you know that I ran away so not to be killed and how did you get in my head?!"
"Well I saw you the day your parents I guess hired to have that guy kill you and then I started to follow you." Lane said.
" But the talking in your head is just one of my many talents." He replied.
Knowing this I knew that Lane Thorn wasn't the same little boy I used to know, but now my savior and knight. He also has grown up to become super cute too. Back when we were small he used to be scrawny and very clumsy. I never thought he would have turned out like this at all. "Well now that I am saved by you thankfully, where are we going to go?"
"My dad can hire any amount of hit men to come kill me and you too!" Just this thought makes me cringe because my dad is a big business man. He never loved me like his own daughter; he only loved my sister Vanessa that way. Dad always said that I was not his child and that I shouldn't be able to live in his house. But he supposedly took pity and let me stay until two weeks ago when we went at it.
I snapped out of the past when Lane says, "Chicago so that we can stay with some friends of mine, but I have to warn you they have talents too."
Completely not worrying about these "talents" I just let Lane drive me there so I can just be safe somewhere and at least be with Lane. Along the way Lane and I listen to music (which we like the same bands), eat gas station snacks, and once closer to the house talk about these "talents". "Wait what, the talents are actually magic like what wizards and witches do!"
"No way Lane I don't believe you at all!" I say louldy.
"Believe it Fate didn't you notice you have them too?" Lane announces. Shocker alert for real, because I think he just said I have "talents" too! I still don't believe him because if I had some kind of talent then wouldn't my parents love me and want me to live instead of be their embarrassment.
"Sorry Lane, but I really can't believe that I have any talents." I say. Lane just turns his head back onto the road and then turns into the driveway of a huge mansion looking disappointed. This day just keeps getting weirder and weirder by the hour.
